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S.I. No. 242/2012 - European Communities (Bluetongue) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Type Statutory Instrument

Publication 2012-07-06

Last updated 2013-09-24

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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th July, 2012.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2012/5/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012,¹ and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 456/2012 of 30 May 2012² hereby make the following regulations:

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Bluetongue) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

2.

The European Communities (Bluetongue) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 133 of 2008 ) are amended—

(a) in Regulation 2—

(i) by the substitution, for the definition of ‘Bluetongue Directive’, of—

“ ‘Bluetongue Directive’ means Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 as amended by Directive 2012/5/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012;”

and

(ii) by the substitution, for the definition of ‘Bluetongue Regulation’, of—

“ ‘Bluetongue Regulation’ means “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2007 of 26 October 2007 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 289/2008 of 31 March 2008; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 384/2008 of 29 April 2008; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 394/2008 of 30 April 2008 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 456/2012 of 30 May 2012;”,

(b) in Regulation 8, by the deletion of paragraph (3), and

(c) in Regulation 10, by the substitution, for paragraph (2), of—

“(2) A person shall not, in a surveillance zone, vaccinate against bluetongue using live attenuated vaccines.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21 June 2012.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations give effect to Directive 2012/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 456/2012 of 30 May 2012.

Footnotes

O.J. L. 81 of 21.3.2012 P.1

O. J. L. 141, 31.05. 2012 P.7

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